born 4 June 1970

Alex Bourbon, birthplace unspecified, American gay porn star

Brecht van Hulten, Hilversum, The Netherlands, TV news anchorwoman

Cesare Cremonini, Modena, Italy, actor

David Barrufet, Barcelona, Spain, handball goalkeeper

Deborah Compagnioni, Bormio, Italy, skier

Donna Ewin, London, England, Page Three girl

Henri Magalon, Toulon, France, video game writer/producer

Izabella Scorupco, Bialystok, Poland, model/actress/singer

Jed Sura, birthplace unspecified, American father of “Xena: Warrior Princess” sidekick Gabrielle’s child

Josip Zovko, Split, Yugoslavia, Croatian actor

Kalle Chydenius, Helsinki, Finland, composer

Kelly Moneymaker, Fairbanks, Alaska, musician

Kurt Lockwood, Baltimore, Maryland, porn star

Lotta Karlge, birthplace unspecified, Swedish actress

Martin Dorsla, birthplace unspecified, American actor

Massimiliano Bruno, Rome, Italy, writer

Michael Adams, Sydney, Australia, TV writer

Robert David Cochrane, Seattle, Washington, short filmmaker

Rochelle Trevis, Encino, California, porn star Holly Body

Scott Rudolph, New York, New York, short filmmaker

Vartan Nazarian, Los Angeles, California, film editor

I’ve tried to watch Olympic handball, but I find it antiinteresting. I never last more than a minute or two. That’s kind of how I’ve been feeling about the birthdays the past couple of weeks. A lot of names, very few of them famous or notorious or otherwise tangy. I promise, that’s about to change over the next couple of days.

In the meantime, Today’s Winner takes the prize not for his profession, but for his hometown. If aliens ever dropped out of the sky, and asked me to explain what a city was, I’d take them to Barcelona.